These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Mendelism, Mendelssohn, Mendicant Orders.
a theory of heredity discovered and announced in 1865 by Gregor Mendel. His conclusions were the result of experimentation with plants, and the theory relates, in general, to the effects caused by successive crossing of hybrids. The general conclusion is that when two characters are mutually exclusive, one of them is always "dominant" over the other, which is said to be "recessive."
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MOSES (men'delszōn), a German-Jewish philosopher; born in Dessau, Germany, Sept. 6, 1729. He was bred to merchandise, but devoted himself to literature, in which he acquired a distinguished reputation. In 1742 he settled at Berlin. In 1755, he published his first piece, entitled "Pope a Metaphysician"; it was written in conjunction with Lessing. His best known work is the "Phædon," a discourse on the immortality of the soul. He also wrote "Letters on the Perceptions"; "Morning Hours"; "Jerusalem"; etc. He died in Berlin, Prussia, Jan. 4, 1786.
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Felix (1809-1847), a German musical composer. He was born at Hamburg and died at Leipsic. He was the son of Hebrew parents of Lutheran faith. He was educated carefully and won wide reputation as director of the Leipsic concerts from 1835 to the time of his death. As the most noted musician of his day, Mendelssohn visited Berlin, Paris, England, Scotland, and Italy. Probably no musical composer of high merit received more immediate and more highly gratifying recognition than Mendelssohn. His oratorio of Elijah, in the preparation of which for the Birmingham, England, festival, he spent nine years, is considered his masterpiece. To distinguish it from another branch of the same family, the Lutheran branch took the name of Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; but the addition is seldom used in speaking of the great musician. See Mozart ; Beethoven
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monastic organizations, which, by their rule, were forbidden to acquire landed property in any manner whatsover, but were compelled to subsist on alms, in many instances in their early history, and in some cases even now, in some countries under Roman obedience, actually gathered by begging. They date from the 13th century, and at first consisted of the Carmelites, the Dominicans, and the Franciscans. In the latter half of the century the Augustinians became a mendicant order, and the Servites were recognized by Pope Innocent VIII., in 1487, as a fifth mendicant order.
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a range in Somersetshire, England, extending 23 miles S. E. from Weston-super-Mare to Shepton Mallet, and 3 to 6 miles in breadth. The highest point is Black Down (1,067 feet). The limestone of the Mendips is pierced by numerous caverns, some of which have yielded prehistoric remains; and lead mining, now much decreased in importance, has been carried on from pre- Roman days, calamine mining being a later industry.
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a W. departa), ment of the Argentine Republic; area, 56,000 square miles; pop. about 200,000. The Andes occupy the W. portion. Acon cagua (22,427 feet), the highest peak in America, being on the N. W. frontier; the rest of the province is pampa land, fertile wherever it can be irrigated by the waters of the Mendoza and other streams, but elsewhere almost worthless. Minerals, especially copper, abound, petroleum and coal also have been found; and a large quantity of wine is exported to the other provinces. Capital MENDOZA, 650 miles by rail W. by N. of Buenos Ayres, on the transcontinental railway; it is a handsome town; lying among vineyards and gardens, 2,320 feet above the sea; its streets have shade trees and streams of running water, and the Alameda is the most beautiful on the continent; an active trade is carried on with Chile. An earthquake in 1861 destroyed Mendoza (founded 1559) and 13,000 of its 14,600 inhabitants; many of the ruins are still visible in the larger city, which has been raised on its site. Pop. about 60,000.
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he is numbered; TEKEL, he is weighed; UPHARSIN, and they are divided, the Chaldee words supernaturally traced on the wall at Belshazzar's impious feast, and significant of his impending doom (Dan. v.). The astrologers could not read them, perhaps because they were written in antique Hebrew characters; still less could they explain, even if they had dared to do so. Daniel, however, received skill to understand, and courage to declare their awful meaning; and the same night witnessed their fulfillment.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) or MENELIK, II., King or Negus of Abyssinia; son of Hailo Menelek, King of Sh Shoa; born in 1842; succeeded Johannes II. in 1889, and was crowned in 1890. He was of Negro blood with a strain of Jew, Arab and Galla and claimed descent from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Menelek united the territories of many lesser chiefs, whom he kept tributary by force and by virtue of the new feudal system, which he substituted for the old feudalism. He was charged with depending, secretly, on the slave trade for the larger part of his revenue. He had considerable intelligence and attempted to keep in touch with European affairs. At the battle of dowa, in the spring of 1896, his troops inflicted an overwhelming defeat on the Italian army, thus securing the independence of his territories. He practically ceased to rule in 1910, and died in 1913. He was succeeded by his grandson Lidj Jeassu. The latter was deposed in 1916 and was succeeded by his aunt Waizeru Zauditi. See ABYSINNIA
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A celebrated Roman who appeased the Roman populace in the infancy of the consular government by repeating to them the well-known fable of the belly and limbs. He lived B. c. 495.
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the conductor, the first king of the first Egyptian dynasty, who built Memphis, made foreign conquests, introduced luxury, and was devoured by a hippopotamus. His name marks a great chronological epoch, being placed by chronologists 3643, 3892 b. c., or even 5702 B. C. Stricter chronologists make his accession 2717 b. c. MENHADEN (-hā'-) (Indian name), Alosa Menhaden, one of the Clupeidæ, abounding in the waters of New England and as far S. as Chesapeake Bay. It is also called bony-fish, white-fish, hardhead, moss-bunker, and pauhagen In Massachusetts and Rhode Island they are known by their native name; in New York as moss-bunkers and skippaugs.
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